Please note there is new information almost daily. For the most current and accurate information, visit http://www.pandemicflu.gov, and look under the heading "Monitoring Outbreaks". The USGS site is very helpful in tracking current wildlife outbreaks and news stories. The WHO site gives the most current and accurate lab confirmed human case and human death totals.

Current human death rate from the H5N1 strain is 60.8% ( 273 cases, 166 deaths ). The Nigerian case of the 22 year old has been confirmed as having H5N1. We had previously reported that this case and the mother of the case were suspect cases. WHO is working to identify the source of this case’s infection. Nigeria has previously reported H5N1 outbreaks in poultry. An additional human death was discovered in Egypt as well. The 17 year old had known exposure to ill poultry in the home. Egypt also reported another case who remains in stable condition. This case had slaughtered and de-feathered ill poultry prior to becoming ill.

WHO Laboratory Confirmed H5N1 Human Cases As of 2/15/07

Country	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		Total
Country	cases	deaths	cases	deaths	cases	deaths	cases	deaths	cases	deaths	cases	deaths
Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	8	5
Cambodia	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	2	6	0	6	6
China	0	0	0	0	8	5	12	8	21	0	22	14
Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	10	1	1	21	12
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	19	12	56	46	6	5	81	63
Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	2
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Thailand	0	0	17	12	5	2	3	3	0	0	25	17
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	0	0	12	4
Viet Nam	3	3	29	20	61	19	0	0	0	0	93	42
Total	4	4	46	32	97	42	114	79	4	3	273	166

Total number of cases includes number of deaths.
WHO reports only laboratory-confirmed cases.

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WHO Laboratory Confirmed H5N1 Human Cases As of 2/15/07